7 January 2021, 10:15 pm EST By Now World's Richest Person Elon Musk Promised About Half of Wealth to Help Earth's Problems While Other Half to Create Self-Sustaining City on Mars ( Screenshot From Luxury Zone YouTube ) Elon Musk has aggressively surpassed Jeff Bezos and is now the richest person in the world just eight days into 2021. The billionaire started the year with a whopping $20 billion gap in comparison to Amazon's Jeff Bezos' wealth. The billionaire actually had a statement back in 2018 about what he would do with his money. How rich is Elon Musk today? According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk's wealth sits at $195 billion while Jeff Bezos is currently worth $185 billion. From being $20 billion behind Jeff Bezos to now $10 billion worth more than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk has aggressively taken the spot of the richest man in the world only eight days into 2021.